Bottom Lock, Brades Locks (Approximately 130 Metres North of Brades Hall Bridge, Dudley Road East) Birmingham Canal Gower Branch is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. Lock.

Bottom Lock, Brades Locks (Approximately 130 Metres North of Brades Hall Bridge, Dudley Road East) Birmingham Canal Gower Branch

WRENN ID
grim-flint-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sandwell
Constituency
West Bromwich MP: Sarah Coombes (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Lock
OS grid reference
SO 979 905
Coordinates
52.51273, -2.03188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bottom Lock at Brades Locks is located approximately 130 meters north of Brades Hall Bridge on the Dudley Road East, along the Gower Branch of the Birmingham Canal. This lock, completed in 1835, features a brick chamber with sandstone kerbs and cast iron sluice gear. It has single gates and serves as a connection between the Old and New Main Lines of the canal.

Local climate

Bottom Lock, Brades Locks (Approximately 130 Metres North of Brades Hall Bridge, Dudley Road East) Birmingham Canal Gower Branch receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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